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Re: (ET) Will this tractor never cease to amaze?

It's the official Elec-trak welder, in New Idea paint job. Actually really simple, nothing more than a really nice clamp, a stick handle and wire, and what appears to be an E20 resistor element with three taps for "low", "Medium", and "High" welding.
The resistors provide good arc stability and limit the current. The handle is nice, and the clamp provides an excellent ground for whatever it is you're welding. You could probably build on off the E20 resistors in a few hours.
It's not MIG welding but for most rough jobs it works fine. I used it a few years ago to weld angle irons onto my rotted out E15 frame (including the rear wheel tie-in) and it's been holding up fine. 

C

On 4/13/2020 10:40 AM, Max Hall wrote:

cool! Is the welder just 36VDC stick?

Love and respect to the tractors, and good health to all.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 8:49 PM Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com <mailto:cz alembic crystel com>> wrote: 

    In a disaster situation, the Elec-trak is just amazing: you can
    power it
    with solar panels and fix your tools with it.

    Today I was working in the garden and as I was shoveling small holes I
    heard a crack and my garden shovel broke. Annoying, and since there
    is a
    1+ hour line to get into Home Despot I figured I would fix it myself.

    Out came the welder, plugged it in, selected the lowest setting, popped
    my helmet on, and struck an arc. Pretty simple repair, the key to
    welding with the Elec-trak seems to be get an arc struck, wait a second
    to get a puddle, then go back and forth over the broken part with the
    puddle, moving out a bit each time. Result is a shovel that will
    probably never break there again.

    Good to have all of these little tools. Mower, vacuum, tiller, welder,
    this thing does it all!

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